EP0707259A1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Fernsteuerung eines Messgeräts - Google Patents

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EP0707259A1
EP0707259A1 EP95402274A EP95402274A EP0707259A1 EP 0707259 A1 EP0707259 A1 EP 0707259A1 EP 95402274 A EP95402274 A EP 95402274A EP 95402274 A EP95402274 A EP 95402274A EP 0707259 A1 EP0707259 A1 EP 0707259A1
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Marc Foucault
Jean-François Herpeux
Jean-Luc Kemystetter
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    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor

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  • the invention relates to the remote control of a measuring device from a computer, and more particularly to the methods and devices intended to allow an operator to initiate, from a computer, a measurement operation, d '' set the parameters and collect the results.
  • a measuring device comprises a panel, called “front face”, carrying manual control members (such as keys, push buttons, switches, coding wheels), display members (such as a display digital or graphic) and sometimes link outputs with peripherals, such as a printer.
  • manual control members such as keys, push buttons, switches, coding wheels
  • display members such as a display digital or graphic
  • such a measuring device is equipped with a serial link interface with a computer or is intended to be equipped with it.
  • Appropriate programming of the computer and software internal to the measuring device make it possible to control the device using the computer.
  • the mode of control from the computer is very different from direct operation; the mode of use is not very user-friendly, requires that the operator has computer knowledge or has frequent recourse to documentation; it does not lend itself to real-time measurements and requires an adaptation of the software each time we want to add functionalities.
  • JP 3 243 961 a computer for controlling an electronic device such as a photocopier or a printer.
  • the software is designed to open a window on the computer screen having a display similar to an operating panel.
  • WO 94 10625 shows a display mode of the front panel of a remote device.
  • the present invention aims in particular to provide a method and a device making it possible to implement the method defined above, respectively in accordance with claims 1 and 4.
  • the pointing device on the screen will consist of a mouse and the device to activate the measuring device will be indicated by clicking the mouse while the arrow is on the chosen representation.
  • the means of the test or measurement device can then be controlled from the computer, in the same way as via a serial link, but the representation on the screen of the computer and the generation mode transmitted orders are modified.
  • the icons or display segments or blocks can be added to the representation of the organs present on the front panel of the test or measuring device.
  • a step ahead of the coding wheel can be caused by clicking on the mouse while it designates the block.
  • Several blocks corresponding to different advance steps can be provided for each direction.
  • the invention allows a technician with no computer knowledge to command and / or control a measuring device remotely by practically reproducing the operations he would perform if he were in front of the device himself.
  • the control from the computer is carried out in a purely intuitive way, by simple use of the indications which appear on the screen of the computer.
  • the invention thus provides, in the remote control of devices, advantages comparable to those provided by graphical interface systems, such as Windows in the operation of personal computers of the IBM PC type and to those provided. by systems such as Open Look or X-Windows for machines running the Unix operating system.
  • graphical interface systems such as Windows in the operation of personal computers of the IBM PC type and to those provided.
  • systems such as Open Look or X-Windows for machines running the Unix operating system.
  • This embodiment relates to the remote control of a measuring device constituted by a reflectometer making it possible in particular to determine the quality of splices made on optical fibers.
  • This remote control is carried out using a computer which can be connected to the reflectometer via the switched telephone network.
  • Such an application can be considered as representative, the operations to be carried out by remote control comprising in particular the launching of a measurement sequence, the display of the measurement result, the choice of measurement parameters and a sensitivity adjustment.
  • a measuring device 10 constituted by a reflectometer connected to a box 12 from which optical fibers 14 leave on which a technician must perform splices and which must then be checked.
  • the measuring device 10 which can for example be a laser reflectometer of the type sold by the company Schlumberger Industries, makes it possible to determine the attenuation caused by a splice 16 which an operator has just carried out.
  • the implementation of the invention allows the technician to control, on site 17 itself, a splice 16 which he has just carried out, provided that he has a telephone link 22 with the location of the device. measuring 10.
  • the technician uses a computer 18 (generally having a printer, not shown, making it possible to keep a record of the result), provided with a modem 20 for connection, by line 22 of the switched network, to a corresponding modem 24 connected to the measuring device 10 by a box 26 for conversion between the IEEE standard and the RS 232 serial protocol.
  • the telephone connection could be made other than by the switched network, for example on a packet transmission network or on a digital line.
  • the computer 18, generally of the personal computer type, is arranged to make it possible to reproduce, on its screen 28, on the one hand the front face of the measuring device 10, comprising the control and display means of this device, d on the other hand, keys 40 for direct access to the main parameters and functionalities.
  • the computer 18 can be arranged to implement the invention by programming or by adding a wired card.
  • the calculator will generally use the possibilities already provided by a graphical interface, such as Windows.
  • an identical representation would not allow an order using a mouse or a light pencil. This is the case of a coding wheel, such as the wheel 34.
  • a coding wheel such as the wheel 34.
  • blocks 38 are represented around the coding wheel. . They make it possible to cause a command identical to that caused by the physical rotation of the encoder wheel of the device by clicking on the appropriate block 38.
  • the direct access keys such as 40 have a function which depends on the functionalities of the measuring apparatus 10 and on the mode of restoring the measurements. Some may be provided to allow the printing of results on the site and allow the choice of printing format. Other keys can be provided to display indications such as the date, the time, and the identification of the fiber on which the measurements are made. A key, identified by "Commut.Fib", can be provided to allow the selection of that of fibers 14 to be checked.
  • Direct access to parameters and functionalities can also be made accessible via drop-down menus, in the same way as on the measuring device, using commands carried out on the calculator keyboard.
  • the takeover can for example be carried out by pointing to the "local" key 32 and by clicking the left mouse button.
  • the parameters of each measurement can be selected directly by clicking on the appropriate function keys 40 at the bottom of the screen 28.
  • the acquisition and display of the curves, such as the curve 41 shown in FIG. 2 is then carried out as on the device 10 itself.
  • FIG. 3 shows a doubling of the size of the representation 30a of the screen of the device, obtained by clicking the left button of the mouse while the latter designates the screen 30. It is in in the illustrated case, it is possible to superimpose the function keys located on the right of the screen (as shown in phantom in Figure 3) or to make them disappear, by clicking the right mouse button.
  • the calculator can be adapted so as to add additional functionalities to those available on the device 10.
  • the computer can be provided so that, by clicking the right mouse button while it designates a particular key, such as the key 44, we obtain, instead of the usual functionality associated with the key, another functionality .
  • the calculator can be programmed, so that, once the table is displayed, you can, by clicking on one of its elements (as shown in Figure 4) cause a zoom effect, spreading, over the entire available surface of the screen, the part of the representation indicated by the frame 46 in dashes on Figure 4.
  • c is the left mouse button that allows you to make most of the selections.
  • Clicking on the screen 30 or on the row of the measurement table has no effect if the device is in local mode. If on the contrary it is in remote control mode, clicking on the line of the measurement table causes the sending of the commands for framing the reflectometry curve, then the acquisition and display of the curve giving the measurement results.
  • Clicking on the representation 30 of the screen of the device causes the erasing or the display, as the case may be, of the buttons of the reflectometer, that is to say ie the appearance and disappearance of the symbols shown in phantom in Figure 3 as well as the enlargement and reduction of the representation of the screen.
  • clicking on the stop key causes the return to local mode and the end of the measurement from the computer.

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FR9412232A FR2725820A1 (fr) 1994-10-13 1994-10-13 Procede et dispositif de commande a distance d'appareil de mesure

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EP0278163A2 (de) 1986-11-26 1988-08-17 Tektronix, Inc. Steuersystem für Instrumente zur optischen Signaldarstellung
JPH03243961A (ja) 1990-02-22 1991-10-30 Dainippon Ink & Chem Inc 感光性平版印刷版の製造方法
JPH03253961A (ja) * 1990-03-05 1991-11-13 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd ネットワークシステム
WO1994010625A1 (en) 1992-10-23 1994-05-11 Netlabs, Inc. Apparatus for remotely managing diverse information network resources

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EP0278163A2 (de) 1986-11-26 1988-08-17 Tektronix, Inc. Steuersystem für Instrumente zur optischen Signaldarstellung
JPH03243961A (ja) 1990-02-22 1991-10-30 Dainippon Ink & Chem Inc 感光性平版印刷版の製造方法
JPH03253961A (ja) * 1990-03-05 1991-11-13 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd ネットワークシステム
WO1994010625A1 (en) 1992-10-23 1994-05-11 Netlabs, Inc. Apparatus for remotely managing diverse information network resources

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"LAB INSTRUMENTS-virtually redundant?", ELECTRONICS WORLD AND WIRELESS WORLD, SURREY GB, pages 901 - 904 *
C.H.SMALL: "Virtual instruments", EDN ELECTRICAL DESIGN NEWS, 1 September 1988 (1988-09-01), NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS US, pages 121 - 128 *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 16, no. 56 (P - 1310) 12 February 1992 (1992-02-12) *

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